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So, I am reading Chris Bennett's description of his new Anurognathus specimen and having an email discussion with Dave Peters on the side (yeah, you read that right). So, in the discussion Bennett's bizarre anatomy for Anurognathus is brought up. Somehow Bennett has placed a whole bunch of bones precisely where hey should not be. He is even guilty of two Petersisms—having the jugal extend to the naris and replacing the palatine shelf with a maxillary shelf! Somehow the lachrymals and quadratojugals vanish and the jugal and nasal combine to form an ascending process that replaces the lachrymals. Then there is the palate, where every bone is designated as precisely what it should not be! I could get into that one more, but I'm not going to bore anyone with all the technicalities. Needless to say, I decided that if you want something done right you have to do it yourself and I made this. I hope it fits in with traditional knowledge of pterosaur anatomy a bit better, but if something is wrong don't be afraid to point it out.
Well… At least Bennett's study of pterosaur forelimb anatomy makes some good sense still.

Note: I decided to show the outlines of the bones of the inner skull, it is quite interesting how the bones of the palate, braincase, and the vomer have all turned into thin bony struts to provide support at crucial areas for the unusually round and incredibly delicate skull. I also labeled the bones in part to demonstrate the continuity of its anatomy with the skulls of other pterosaurs and because while making this I kept getting confused by the anatomy and didn't want anybody else to suffer as I did.

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I saw this over at DinoData's forum. Very nice. Seems that Pterosauria gets weirder with every new species found (Anurognathus has been there for some time now, though). Anurognathus is no exception!:lol:
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Well done! It reminds me of a frog-in-flight.

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